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      366 5jl3? ^ E A D E . Rm ' . ^No' 421 ' ...

      366 5 JL 3 ? ^ E A D E . ' . ^ No' ' ApilIL _ 17 , 1885 .

      The Indian Revolt. —?—The Whole Of Luckh...

      THE INDIAN REVOLT . —?—The whole of Luckhow is at length in our hands ; but the worth of this victory is in some measure depreciated by the fact of a large number of the rebels having- escaped . The final success was achieved on the 19 th of March , when 117 guns were captured . About 2000 of the enemy were slain during the siege , and on our side eight officers were killed . The submission of the principal landholders has been accepted ; and the townspeople and villagers , being protected , are resuming their usual occupations . Miss Orr and Miss Jackson , two of the English prisoners , are rescued . They have been -well treated and protected by Meer Valeed Alby Derejal . The rescue was effected by Captain Mitchell and Lieutenant Boole , with a party of

      Ghoorkas . About fifty thousand of the enemy have escaped , and , at the last advices , were making for Rohilcund and Bundelcund . The army was in pursuit ; but , unfortunately , owing to the delay of Sir Hugh Rose ' s force for three weeks at Saugor , the line of troops intended to intercept the enemy in that direction could not be closed up , so that there is an opening for escape . In achieving our success we regret to say that Major Hodson has been killed , and Sir William Feel wounded . Sir Colin Campbell remains at Lucknow , restoring quiet and organizing the garrison . Great efforts are being made to reassure the population , who had fled in great numbers to the neighbouring villages . With respect to the other disturbed districts , a telegram from Malta states ^—

      ' On the 21 st of March , Sir Hugh Rose was within twenty-five miles of Jhansi . Thirty thousand rebels were said to be in his front . The Calpee mutineers have taken the fort of Chundaree , and made the Rajah prisoner . The rebels have crossed the Etawah , but have been driven back . General Roberts marched on the 10 th of March from Nusseerabad for Kotah . Whitlock ' s force remains at Saugor . The cavalry alone pushed on to Allahabad . " The Bombay money-market was becoming tighter . Imports of all descriptions were in good demand . Cotton rising ; freights steady . " The India House telegram , received on Thursday , states : —

      " The rebels , in great force , with four guns , crossed the Eamgunga on March 18 th , but have since retired to Fangoon . The rebels , who had crossed into the Rhatterpoor Pergunnab , retired before Christie's column , and revenue collections have been commenced . All well at Cawnpore up to the 23 rd inst . The Second Brigade of the Central India Field Force laid siege to the IIill Fort of Chundaree , on March 8 . On March 17 , the fort was stormed and taken . Our loss not great ; one officer ( Lieutenant Snoresby , Royal Artillery ) is reported as killed , and one captain ( Iveating ) as wounded . The Second Brigade was to march immediately to

      Salle Lehur , and join Sir Hugh Rose ' s column . A combined movement would then be made on Jhansi , which , is only thirty-six miles' distance . Sir Hugh Rose ' s movements in the rear of the enemy ' s defences have caused great panic , and the whole of the Chundun districts and the Rujah of Banpoor ' s territory , on the right of the Letwa river , hayo been abandoned by the rebels . The Elijah ' s possessions have been confiscated by Sir Robert Hamilton . The rebels under Lalu Sahib , brother of Nana Sahib , are in groat force in Bundelcund . The Chief of Chamk Hundee , one of the great Putwur Dhmi family , has boen arrested , and his fort occupied .

      " Commissioner Yeh reached Calcutta on the 22 nd Inst ., and will bo under surveillance until further orders . Mohundio Alo Khan , styling himself Prince of liumpoor , who was arrested on the 2 nd , has been released from confinement , and required to live under surveillance . " In a Bombay telegram it is stated that Stewart's brigade captured Ohundaree on the 17 th of March . The disarmament of Guzornt is proceeding satisfactorily .

      • INDIAN ATHOCITIMB . Conflicting evidence on this subject continues to bo received ; and it must bo admitted that the negative side , is somewhat strong . The Times of last Saturday contains the following letter to the editor : — " Sir , —Observing , in your number of the 7 th instant , a letter purporting to havo coino from me , ao Mayor of Portsmouth , corroborative of Sepoy atrocities , in the case of a Mrs . Chambers , I beg to state that the cominuuica-~ tion'in question-waB . not . forvvurded . by , inc , or . l ) y _ u ) yMuMilft = _ rity , and that the circumstuncoa atntod therein are , an fur as I am concerned , devoid of truth . —I am , & c , 0 . E . Sbutheus . —Portsmouth , April 8 th . "

      NOTES » nOM LUOKNOVf . Mr . Russell , writing to the Times on March 2 nd , Bay . — . . " These Sikhe are hard flghtere , but they aro Asiatics , and ave true to their instincts It U generally thought in the country that the SlUha took Delhi , stormed the Secunderbogh , and relieved tho Hcisidonoy ; they aro sedulous in circulating thoao reports of their own prowowa

      wherever they go . They say that the Lucknow people are more afraid of them than of us , and perhaps after th « assault the fear may be justiiied . The Begum certainly does not conceal her apprehensions of the result of our operations , and is vehement with prayers and tears to the chiefs to make one great onslaught upon us ere we complete our batteries . Overcoming her timidity , she appeared in the field on the attack of the 25 lh [ of February ] , mounted on an elephant , but , as that sagacious animal never remains within range , it is probable she was not a very near spectatress of the fight . On one occasion she astonished the durbar , and almost shamed them out of their senses . In an indignant harangue , with all the fire of Rachel making a grand

      coup de theatre , she suddenly tore her veil from her face ( which is said to be a very handsome one , by-the-by ) , and denounced them for their inactivity and for their indifference to the wrongs of their countrywomen . I am told one must be an Asiatic to understand the full force of this demonstration . What the poor lady will do when Sir Colin makes his appearance this morning at Dilkoosha , I cannot conjecture . If she could have but seen the troops march this morning' she would have been anything but comforted . Lugard ' s division consists of the 3 rd brigade , consisting of the 34 th ( part detached ) , 38 th , and 53 rd Regiments , and of the 4 th brigade , formed of the 42 nd Regiment , 93 rd Regiment , and 4 th Punjab Rifles . Most of these regiments are in an efficient state , but the Highlanders are conspicuous not

      only for their costume , but for their steady and martial air on parade and in the field . As they marched oil" in th « early grey of the morning , with the pipes playing ( really this time ) " The Campbells are coming , " one caught a vision of the interior of Lucknow through the dancing sheen of their arms . The chief inspected them , and seemed highly pleased with what he saw . As for himself , ho wears a serviceable air which bespeaks confidence and resolution , and gives the notion of hard work and success . Everything about him is for service , even down to the keen-edged sabre in a coarse leather sheath , not dangling and clattering froni his side and hitting the flanks of his horse from' gaudy sling belts , but tucked up compactly by a stout shoulder-belt just over his hip . "

      The same writer tells an amusing anecdote of the perversity of our fair countrywomen : — " These ladies and their little ones have been a most embarrassing ingredient , in Sir Colin's calculations . At Lucknow , he was in a fever at the various small delays winch they considered necessary , and , courteous as he is to women , he for once was obliged to be ' a little stern' when he found the dear creatures a little unreasonable . In order to make a proper eflect , mo .-st of the ladies came out in their best gowns and bonnets . Whether ' Betty gave the cheek' a little touch of red or not , I cannot saj " , but I am assured the array of fashion , though somewhat behind the season , owing to the ditliculty of communicating with the Calcutta modistes , was

      very creditable . Sir Colin got fidgety when ho found himself made a matt re cTctujuctte and an arbiter movuni among piles of bandboxes , ' best bonnets , ' and ' these few little clothes trunks ; ' but he sustained his position with unflinching fortitude , till at length , when he thought he had ' seen tho last of them ' out of the place , two young ladies came trippingly in , whisked about tho Residency for a short time , and then , with nods and smilos , departed , saying graciously , ' Wo'll bo back again presently . ' ' No , ladies , no ; you'll bo good enough to do nothing of the kind , ' exclaimed he ; ' you have been hero quite long-enough , 1 am sure , and I have bml quite enough trouble in getting you out of it . ' Tho Agra ladies ought to have been read y long ago . "

      State Of Trade. Tuadk Continued, Duriug ...

      STATE OF TRADE . Tuadk continued , duriug tho whole of tho week ending lattt Saturday , to bo very depressed . In some places , n little unimution was created by tho demand for upring goods ; but for tho moat part the excessive cold of tho woathcr has chucked business in that direction . " Tho firm of Mottram , Taylor , and Co ., of Sheffield , merchants and manufacturers of saws , files , and odgo-tools , " says a communication from Sheffield , dated hist Saturday , " havo thiu week failed with 8200 / . liubilition . They show assets equal to 2 Ud . in tho pound , and , making reasonable deductions for loss on forced sales , them in a probability that , after paying tho sooured debts ( 1200 / . ) in full , tho estate will realize u dividend of 10 a . or

      12 s . Gel . in the pound to tho rust oC tho croditora . At a mooting of tho creditors It wus agreed that the estate should be wound up undor an assignment . Considerable agitation exists in tho coal district around Sheffield with rogttrd-to-tho-propo » ed-roduoUou-ol ^ 411 ' toon ^ por-uunt .. ou tho coUiora * wages Tho nion havo offered to work abort timo till trade improves , but at various moctingu havo expressed a determination to resist , tho reduction of wages . Tho West Stuveley and West Silkatono Collieries havo stopped , thus throwing out of omplpymont between two hundred and three hundred hands . Tho proprietors , Messrs . Harrison , Musohamp , and Co ,, called thoir creditors together on Thursday . Thoir Mubilitlotj aro 25 , 000 / . " In tho general business of tho port of London during tho wools , ending Inst Saturday , tho arrivals diminished .

      'lhe number ot ships reported inward was 196 , including 51 with corn , rice , & c . The number cleared outward was 129 , including 25 in ballast ; and those on the berth loading for the Australian colonies amounted to ( 34 .

      Accidents And Sudden Deaths. Majou Cuoki...

      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . Majou Cuokicu , of the Royal-Miners Artillery , has been drowned , together with his coachman , in a fishpond ou the Prideaux estate , near St . lilazey , Cornwall . The pond was overgrown with weeds , to clear which , a flatbottomed boat had been obtained . The boat upset and the two occupants , ^ becoming entangled in the weeds / were drowned . A shocking occurrence took place at Ahnvick on Easter , Monday . A pigeon match was held outside ' the town ; and a imm' named "William Young , having got into the line of fire , was accidentally shot in the breast . lie died almost immediately afterwards .

      Elizabeth Carter , a young woman of eighteen has been burnt to death . She had been decoyed from her home to a house in "White Lion Court , Wydi-street , which she made her temporary abode . A few davs ago , while sitting by the fire , a part of her dress ignited , and she rushed out into the street enveloped in flames . A gentleman was passing by at the time in bis gig , and the servant , snatching up the horse-rug , folded it round the girl , and extinguished tho fire . lie afterwards applied linseed oil , lint , & c , to the burns , and had the sufferer conveyed . to King ' s College Hospital , where she died , after lingering four days . At the inquest ( which terminated in a verdict of Accidental Death , ) , the Coroner , at the recommendation of the jury , handed a small gratuity to the servant , but he generously gave it to the lather of the deceased , who was preseut , and who was stated to lie in indigent circumstances .

      The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the persons who perished in tho late dreadful lire in liloomsbury was resumed on Tuesday , when some important evidence was given by Mr . Kog < : rs , Lecturer mi Chemistry at the St . George ' s School of Medicine . He stated that he had made a post mortem examination of the bodies , which presented no appearance of death from suffocation . The appearances wore as if the bodies had been injected with arsenic . There wore distinct traces el that poison . The vapours of arsenic would entirely prostrate the frame , and ultimately cause death . The cause of dentil he believed to have Ih .-oii the inhal . ition of the fumes of poisonous vapours in the first instance , and finally the inhalation of carbonic fumes

      It appears that a Mr . John Culvert , a mineralogist and metallurgist , had some premises adjoining those vhicii were destroyed , and from which they were divided by a brick wall up to a certain poiut , and a wooden partition above . In those premises he stored a large quantity of minerals , and some of these were destroyed by the fire , which penetrated through the partition . Several of the substances contained arsunie , which- evapjiau-il in the heat : and Mr . Calvert himself was slightly affected by the fumes on tho occasion in question . Mr . Tay ) or , tho leaseholder of tho premises in Gilbert struct , had promised to put up a substantial pnrtiiion , but had not done so . Mr . Taylor , said Mr . C ' alvort , in giving evi-Jute hour

      dence , " began his nightly rambles" at a . " lie was very frequently with liis U-iKints , " »< ' they got drunk together . " Evidence whs afterwards ivcoived from Mr . Taylor himself , who said . — " Hu was m bed before ton o ' clock on tho night in question , mul hiul not been at the hou . so in ( jilbert-struet nfur hulf-l 1 " ^ nine in the morning , and ho was not outside Ins house after nine o ' clock in tho evening . He could give v . o opinion ns to the causo of tho lire ; Imc Ik- bolu / v . 'il U broke out in tho largo room , and he formed that opinion from nu inspection of tho promises . Ho was bouml n > insure both promises by tho tornis of his 1 <• •««» ' ° " amount of 1000 / . " The inquest wns npiiu adjourned .

      A boy has boen killed at the Tunnel Coalpit , Slievm . * - tcn , near Chorlcy , At eight o'clock on Monday morning , tho browman saw tho boy hnngintf l > y hia " «" "' thocago which contained tho full bi > Ni * , and wlm-li " •» then being drawn up tho shaft . Tho browman llIllU ! U , tho cngiuomun to atop tho engine ; but , before I hut ami bo done , tho cage had got into tho frnmcworU at pit-eye , and the poor boy was crushed to duulU . supposed that ha had iittompled to jump into inai ' ti as it passed the top weuni , and that ho missed U « «»»•

      Ir Bland. Tiik Pomck Inquliiv. — This Af...

      IR BLAND . Tiik Pomck iNQUliiv . — This affair , In-g limlng ' » wound * and broken heads , aooms to havo tormii «> lunicublVi Cojojigl IJruwuo uudonvuiil . a loiiy o \ h nation on l'Ylday wook , and , whllin > einff nosa « mined , said that , iu eoiwequeuoo of what had uoou . , ho hud lout poMOO of mintl , auflorud a tjro . it in' " . itixioty , » ud fi > U deep regret . " Therefore , 'JBorved , "I havo h » . st tho cngngomoiit . n ,, ..., , im hid mou had boon ill-troutcd for ail hour or two neii > ' ordered thorn to charge , ami that ho hlin > v" »« ' ' Homo fifty Uojjuu of atuiioa ahoworoil ou him . ,, ,,. throo of hln men , ho admitted , had noted liiiuiii |» ur » • hut tho wIjoIo polioo force ought , not to bu uwi Tho blamo , hoauld , ohould bo thrown ontlroly on

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 17, 1858, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17041858/page/6/